Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc |
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When we approach its domain are we to deaden our hearing to the beating of the
drums and the blasts of the bugle ; close our eyes to the glitter of the bayonets
and the gleam of the sabre , the banners streaming in the smoke and glare of the
...
When we approach its domain are we to deaden our hearing to the beating of the
drums and the blasts of the bugle ; close our eyes to the glitter of the bayonets
and the gleam of the sabre , the banners streaming in the smoke and glare of the
...
Page 55
All of your members are doubtless familiar with the close connection between the
States of South Carolina and Georgia during the Revolutionary War . I do not
intend however , to allude to the suggestion of Chief Justice William Henry
Drayton ...
All of your members are doubtless familiar with the close connection between the
States of South Carolina and Georgia during the Revolutionary War . I do not
intend however , to allude to the suggestion of Chief Justice William Henry
Drayton ...
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The close of the Revolutionary War left your State the feeblest in the Union , with
but a thin line of settlements along its coast , and about the same along the
Savannah River . The larger and most valuable part of the territory of the State
was ...
The close of the Revolutionary War left your State the feeblest in the Union , with
but a thin line of settlements along its coast , and about the same along the
Savannah River . The larger and most valuable part of the territory of the State
was ...
Page 71
The general activities of these two societies for many years , the close
association between them , and the ultimate merger of the two are fully set forth in
an interesting address by Dr . Richard D . Arnold delivered before the Society on
July 24 ...
The general activities of these two societies for many years , the close
association between them , and the ultimate merger of the two are fully set forth in
an interesting address by Dr . Richard D . Arnold delivered before the Society on
July 24 ...
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A combination of fortunate circumstances brought us into close contact with Mr .
Gari Melchers , one of the most distinguished American painters , greatly
honored in this country and in Europe . There is no honor open to Americans
which the ...
A combination of fortunate circumstances brought us into close contact with Mr .
Gari Melchers , one of the most distinguished American painters , greatly
honored in this country and in Europe . There is no honor open to Americans
which the ...
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Page 50 - These all died in Faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 50 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise : for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is GOD.
Page 88 - A state of the province of Georgia, attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740 [by W.
Page 5 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 6 - AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this act shall be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be construed...
Page 73 - The Georgia Historical Society was incorporated by a statute of the 19th of December, 1839, the preamble of which recites that "the members of a society instituted in the City of Savannah for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and diffusing information relating to the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of American history generally, have applied for an act of incorporation.
Page 10 - ... trust to keep and preserve the same, with the collection therein, and other books and works of art to be purchased by the officers of the society out of the income of a fund bequeathed by the devisor for the purpose, " as a public edifice for a library and academy of arts and sciences...
Page 20 - Librarian shall keep a record of their proceedings — and be entrusted, in general, with the custody, care and increase, of whatever comes within the province of their appointed duty. 8. The Committee on Printing and Publishing, shall prepare for publication whatever documents or collections shall be ordered, by the Society — shall contract for, and supervise the printing of the same, and shall furnish the Recording Secretary and Librarian, with such blank notices, summonses, labels, &c.
Page 6 - ... thousand dollars in value, but the clear annual income of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars...
Page 6 - Provided, however, that the funds of the said corporation shall be used and appropriated to the promotion of the objects stated in the preamble to this Act, and those only.
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| Title | Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library collection |
| Author | Georgia Historical Society |
| Publisher | Morning news, 1914 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 108 pages |
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